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Originally Posted by smithandrew051
What about Fenton? An extension for him might be reasonable right now.
If he ends up moving outside full time and performs well, won’t his value skyrocket?
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Probably.
Fenton still seems to be considered a pure nickel corner because of his size and relative lack of athleticism (again, for an NFL corner, not for a normal human being).
But he's a little like Jamel Dean in that regard. Dean was considered a 'nickel guy' well after he'd started spending a lot of his time out wide and performed well.
Fenton actually played most of his snaps out wide last year, IIRC. And he was more effective from the boundary than the slot - which isn't terribly surprising in the modern game since you can use the boundary as an additional defender and more and more teams are using damn good WRs in the slot.
But once you get saddled with that "Nickel" label you get written off as a sub-package guy only, even if the slot is the harder spot to play in many ways.
My concern with Fenton is durability and how he'll age. Guys like him don't gracefully age out. They just hit the wall and splat.
So if you extend him you're looking at his age 26 season as the first year of the extension. If he has the career arc of someone like, say, Orlando Scandrick, he'll be ass by 28/29 yrs old.
Now depending on how eager he is to sign, I think you absolutely approach him and try to start the dialogue. But you're gonna have to take some risks there.